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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Is it just me that doesn't believe the McDonald's employee thing? I think they used a Pegasus or Stingray type privacy violating device/exploit and just said it was a restaurant employee.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or they pretended to be a customer and said to the employee, "Gee, that guy really looks a lot like the killer, doesn't he, ha ha wouldn't that be funny, anyway give me a big mac and fries. He does look like him though."

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 6 days ago

Nancy the wage slave called him in but the fat boomer they ran articles with is the fed?

[–] lilsolar@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

100% the whole story is too convenien lul.

[–] el_bhm@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

Pegasus is a scalpel. Needs to be applied and targeted. Stingray is old news and common. It is a catch all.

Was this used? Given how much money could have been thrown at it, very likely.

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 17 points 6 days ago

Do a favor for the cops, they give you nothing and often end up revealing who you are, sometimes by accident.

Do a favor for the mafia and they do one for you

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 424 points 1 week ago (44 children)

Columbine kicked off an epidemic of school shootings because of the attention it got. Some people need a focus for their misery and I am not ashamed to say that I would rather see heartless corporate executives fear for their safety instead of school children gunned down as they hide in a closet. Just putting that out there.

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[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 244 points 1 week ago (8 children)

This is why you don't snitch. The powers that be don't care about you, have no intention to do right by you, and will actively look for ways to avoid you after they are done with you.

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 175 points 1 week ago (14 children)

...and all that came of the whole affair was a bunch of bad reviews for a McDonald's, which were promptly deleted by the corporation controlling all data.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 176 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (16 children)

No, there was a lot more that came of this (unless you're specifically referencing the snitching part).

  • It's made business execs afraid.
  • It's shown the working class how to have solidarity.
  • It's been a rallying cry for how much the people hare the current system.
  • It's given us a martyr.
  • It’s taught the would be school shooters that they’ll get lots of positive attention for redirecting their targets towards those deserving. They’ll get labeled a folk hero, they’ll have people trying to send them money for their legal defense fund, they’ll get their name in the history books. They’ll get everything they ever wanted out of their act of violence.

And I'm sure there's more.

[–] psoul@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maybe the “let me fuck shit up and shoot up my high-school” crowd doesn’t really care about being remembered as heroes but what would I know.

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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 155 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

This thing about them not getting the promised reward needs to go viral so in the future whenever someone's thinking of turning someone in to get the reward money, they'll know they're highly unlikely to get a damn thing.

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's also (probably) not true.

"McDonald’s employee who called 911 in CEO’s shooting is eligible for a reward, but it will take time"

https://apnews.com/article/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-reward-money-tips-c17b08531049edb381b954e6b876cfda

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

At this point, we don't know if it's true or how true. The odds of them getting the whole $60k is very low, but they might eventually get something out of it, depending on if/when he's convicted, how much of it they decide to award, and how many other tipsters it would be split with. And then of course, after taxes are deducted!

Since the issue has gotten some publicity and people may be checking up on it, they're probably more likely to give them at least something in this case. But whatever the truth is doesn't matter much these days -- the article stating they might not get it is out there, got attention, and I'm saying it should get more attention. People shouldn't be fooled when they hear a number and believe they will actually just be handed all that money when they call in their tip.

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Here y'go: free fries with your purchase of a BigMac. Thanks for supporting law enforcement.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

It's gone viral on several meme pages I follow on Facebook...

Also if this employee doesn't get rewarded for the tip-off that led to Luigi's arrest, what kind of message is that going to send to the public about law enforcement? It's just going to reinforce the already-growing ACAB narrative and make people distrust the police even further....

Heck, the very real possibility of being publicly outed, shamed, harassed and threatened for being the one to rat on Luigi, and not getting the promised $60,000 reward could end up radicalising more people.

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[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 118 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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